The next edition of the conference on Polish archaeological research along the Nile Valley will take place on 20-22 June 2022. The conference “Poles on the Nile” is co-organized by the Department of Archaeology of Egypt and Nubia, Faculty of Archaeology, University of Warsaw and the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw. The […]
In April, the PCMA Seminars focus on collaborative archaeology and heritage studies. The second lecture in the “Heritage Month” series will be Nubian agricultural practices, crops, and heritage presented by Dr. Philippa Ryan. Abstract: “Interviews with elderly farmers in the Sukoot revealed little-recorded shifts in crops grown as well as interconnections with changing foodways, material culture, […]
Recordings of the PCMA Seminar “Textile archaeology in ancient Nubia. Methods and perspectives” have been made available online on the PCMA UW YouTube channel. The aim of the meeting was to present the results of ongoing projects, as well as various research questions, methodological approaches and future perspectives for textile archaeology in Nubia (read more). […]
In the coming month, the PCMA Seminars will focus on collaborative archaeology and heritage studies. The first lecture in the “Heritage Month” series will be Methodologies for Community Archaeology: Reflections from Egypt and Sudan presented by Dr. Gemma Tully. The aim of the “Heritage Month” organized by Dr. Tomomi Fushiya (PCMA UW) is to introduce […]
The upcoming PCMA Seminar will showcase the advances in research on ancient Nubian textiles undertaken recently, among others, at the PCMA UW. The event entitled “Textile archaeology in ancient Nubia. Methods and perspectives” will feature three separate presentations. Thanks to its arid climate, Nubia is the scene of many discoveries of well-preserved textile assemblages, recovered […]
Over the last two weeks, as part of the National Geographic Society Exploration Grant funded project “The People of Ghazali: Tracing the Human Experience in a Nubian Desert Monastic Community (680–1275 CE)” Dr. Robert Stark conducted a series of public engagement events in Khartoum, Sudan. These public engagement events with students, Sudanese archaeologists, and community […]
The Polish National Science Center awarded a Sonata Bis 11 grant to the project of Assist. Prof. Artur Obluski from the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw. The Sonata Bis projects are aimed at establishing a new research team. The project is entitled “Kyriakós oíkos? A diachronic conceptualization of space and function in […]
The first two volumes of the Polish Publications in Mediterranean Archaeology series are now available online. The first one is devoted to the results of research in Dongola (Sudan), and the second to the Temple of Hatshepsut in Deir el-Bahari (Egypt). The first volume of the PPMA, titled Old Dongola: Development, Heritage, Archaeology. Fieldwork in […]
Fieldwork in Soba, the former capital of the Kingdom of Alwa – today, a suburb of Khartoum – was paused for a mid-season break in mid-December. It was carried out by a team of specialists led by Dr. Mariusz Drzewiecki from the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw. Soba is one of the […]
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Call for papers: Registration for the 15th International Conference for Nubian Studies has started. Scholars are welcome to submit proposals for papers or posters, or to sign up for workshops, using the registration form. The deadline for submitting paper proposals is 31 March 2022. Every four years the International Conference for Nubian Studies brings together […]
Researchers from Harvard University and the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology University of Warsaw (PCMA UW) undertook training in methods for sampling skeletal materials to conduct ancient DNA analyses (aDNA). The training session, which took place from August 29th to September 5th, was part of the first stage of the larger National Geographic Society (NGS) […]